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Port details on branch 2020Q3
libv4l Video4Linux library
1.18.0 multimedia on this many watch lists=0 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 1.18.0Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: multimedia@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2020-08-20 19:28:45
Last Update: 2020-08-20 19:26:59
Commit Hash: 21b9a64
License: GPLv2 LGPL21
WWW:
http://freshmeat.net/projects/libv4l
Description:
The Video4Linux library is a wrapper library for accessing Video4Linux compliant video devices. It allows for transcoding of capture streams in user space instead of kernel space and creates a standard interface mechanism for video devices. WWW: http://freshmeat.net/projects/libv4l
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb

Manual pages:
FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. @ldconfig
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/libv4l-1.18.0/catalog.mk
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/libv4l-1.18.0/LICENSE
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/libv4l-1.18.0/GPLv2
  5. /usr/local/share/licenses/libv4l-1.18.0/LGPL21
  6. include/libdvbv5/atsc_eit.h
  7. include/libdvbv5/atsc_header.h
  8. include/libdvbv5/cat.h
  9. include/libdvbv5/countries.h
  10. include/libdvbv5/crc32.h
  11. include/libdvbv5/desc_atsc_service_location.h
  12. include/libdvbv5/desc_ca.h
  13. include/libdvbv5/desc_ca_identifier.h
  14. include/libdvbv5/desc_cable_delivery.h
  15. include/libdvbv5/desc_event_extended.h
  16. include/libdvbv5/desc_event_short.h
  17. include/libdvbv5/desc_extension.h
  18. include/libdvbv5/desc_frequency_list.h
  19. include/libdvbv5/desc_hierarchy.h
  20. include/libdvbv5/desc_isdbt_delivery.h
  21. include/libdvbv5/desc_language.h
  22. include/libdvbv5/desc_logical_channel.h
  23. include/libdvbv5/desc_network_name.h
  24. include/libdvbv5/desc_partial_reception.h
  25. include/libdvbv5/desc_sat.h
  26. include/libdvbv5/desc_service.h
  27. include/libdvbv5/desc_t2_delivery.h
  28. include/libdvbv5/desc_terrestrial_delivery.h
  29. include/libdvbv5/desc_ts_info.h
  30. include/libdvbv5/descriptors.h
  31. include/libdvbv5/dvb-demux.h
  32. include/libdvbv5/dvb-dev.h
  33. include/libdvbv5/dvb-fe.h
  34. include/libdvbv5/dvb-file.h
  35. include/libdvbv5/dvb-frontend.h
  36. include/libdvbv5/dvb-log.h
  37. include/libdvbv5/dvb-sat.h
  38. include/libdvbv5/dvb-scan.h
  39. include/libdvbv5/dvb-v5-std.h
  40. include/libdvbv5/eit.h
  41. include/libdvbv5/header.h
  42. include/libdvbv5/libdvb-version.h
  43. include/libdvbv5/mgt.h
  44. include/libdvbv5/mpeg_es.h
  45. include/libdvbv5/mpeg_pes.h
  46. include/libdvbv5/mpeg_ts.h
  47. include/libdvbv5/nit.h
  48. include/libdvbv5/pat.h
  49. include/libdvbv5/pmt.h
  50. include/libdvbv5/sdt.h
  51. include/libdvbv5/vct.h
  52. include/libv4l-plugin.h
  53. include/libv4l1-videodev.h
  54. include/libv4l1.h
  55. include/libv4l2.h
  56. include/libv4l2rds.h
  57. include/libv4lconvert.h
  58. lib/libdvbv5.a
  59. lib/libdvbv5.so
  60. lib/libdvbv5.so.0
  61. lib/libdvbv5.so.0.0.0
  62. lib/libv4l/ov511-decomp
  63. lib/libv4l/ov518-decomp
  64. lib/libv4l/plugins/libv4l-mplane.so
  65. lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so
  66. lib/libv4l/v4l2convert.so
  67. lib/libv4l1.a
  68. lib/libv4l1.so
  69. lib/libv4l1.so.0
  70. lib/libv4l1.so.0.0.0
  71. lib/libv4l2.a
  72. lib/libv4l2.so
  73. lib/libv4l2.so.0
  74. lib/libv4l2.so.0.0.0
  75. lib/libv4l2rds.a
  76. lib/libv4l2rds.so
  77. lib/libv4l2rds.so.0
  78. lib/libv4l2rds.so.0.0.0
  79. lib/libv4lconvert.a
  80. lib/libv4lconvert.so
  81. lib/libv4lconvert.so.0
  82. lib/libv4lconvert.so.0.0.0
  83. lib/v4l1compat.so
  84. lib/v4l2convert.so
  85. libdata/pkgconfig/libdvbv5.pc
  86. libdata/pkgconfig/libv4l1.pc
  87. libdata/pkgconfig/libv4l2.pc
  88. libdata/pkgconfig/libv4l2rds.pc
  89. libdata/pkgconfig/libv4lconvert.pc
  90. @owner
  91. @group
  92. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • libv4l>0:multimedia/libv4l
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/multimedia/libv4l/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install multimedia/libv4l
  • pkg install libv4l
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: libv4l
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1587021105 SHA256 (v4l-utils-1.18.0.tar.bz2) = 6cb60d822eeed20486a03cc23e0fc65956fbc1e85e0c1a7477f68bbd9802880d SIZE (v4l-utils-1.18.0.tar.bz2) = 1995506

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SHA256 (webcamd-5.7.1.1.tar.bz2) = e803b245d0e1ecaf5ff07c5a9700f0951d065827d4907c4615369afab3c102c2 SIZE (webcamd-5.7.1.1.tar.bz2) = 14370502

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Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
libv4l
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest1.23.0_51.23.0_51.20.01.23.0_51.23.0_5n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:13:quarterly1.23.0_51.23.0_51.23.01.23.0_51.23.0_5n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:14:latest1.23.0_51.23.0_51.23.01.23.0_51.23.0_51.23.0-1.23.0
FreeBSD:14:quarterly1.23.0_51.23.0_5-1.23.0_51.23.0_51.23.0_21.23.0_21.23.0_2
FreeBSD:15:latest1.23.0_51.23.0_5n/a1.23.0_5n/an/a1.23.0_21.23.0_2
FreeBSD:15:quarterly1.23.0_51.23.0_5n/a-n/an/a--
FreeBSD:16:latest1.23.0_51.23.0_5n/a-n/an/a--
Slave ports:
  1. multimedia/v4l-utils
  2. multimedia/v4l_compat
Dependencies
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies:
  1. gsed>0 : textproc/gsed
  2. v4l_compat>=1.18.0 : multimedia/v4l_compat
  3. gmake>=4.3 : devel/gmake
  4. pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
Library dependencies:
  1. libargp.so : devel/argp-standalone
  2. libudev.so : devel/libudev-devd
  3. libjpeg.so : graphics/jpeg-turbo
This port is required by:
for Build
  1. multimedia/v4l-utils
for Libraries
  1. graphics/gegl
  2. graphics/opencv
  3. graphics/opencv-java
  4. graphics/py-opencv
  5. multimedia/ffmpeg
  6. multimedia/v4l-utils
Configuration Options:
No options to configure
Options name:
multimedia_libv4l
USES:
compiler:c11 tar:bzip2 gmake iconv jpeg libtool pathfix pkgconfig
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message
Master Sites:
  1. There is no master site for this port.

Number of commits found: 2

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
CommitCreditsLog message
1.18.0
20 Aug 2020 19:26:59
commit hash: 21b9a645280ff3a7cb75973c3a8031291c4317a6commit hash: 21b9a645280ff3a7cb75973c3a8031291c4317a6commit hash: 21b9a645280ff3a7cb75973c3a8031291c4317a6commit hash: 21b9a645280ff3a7cb75973c3a8031291c4317a6 files touched by this commit		 Niclas Zeising (zeising) search for other commits by this committer 
MFH: r545453

multimeida/libv4l: Fix build with -fno-common

Add a patch from upstream to fix the build of multimedia/libv4l with
-fno-common, which is the default with llvm 11.

PR:		248738
Reported by:	dim

Approved by:	ports-secteam (joenum)
1.18.0
20 Aug 2020 19:26:59
Revision:545554Original commit files touched by this commit		 zeising search for other commits by this committer 
MFH: r545453

multimeida/libv4l: Fix build with -fno-common

Add a patch from upstream to fix the build of multimedia/libv4l with
-fno-common, which is the default with llvm 11.

PR:		248738
Reported by:	dim

Approved by:	ports-secteam (joenum)

Number of commits found: 2
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